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THREATENED SPECIES
BIRDS
HIGHLAND GUAN
Mexico, Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras and Nicaragua.Mexico, Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras and Nicaragua.
Penelopina nigra
Scientific name
59 - 65 cm
Length
1.65 - 2.20 lb
Weight
SOME OF ITS CHARACTERISTICS
The males have a shiny black plumage on the back, a dark brown belly. The bill and throat membrane are bright red. Females are light brown in color, with black bars. Males can weigh 1.65 to 1.78 pounds and females 1.9 to 2.2 pounds. It feeds mainly on fruits, green leaves and sometimes insects. They can feed on small vertebrates such as rodents and salamanders. They are birds of diurnal habits, both arboreal and terrestrial.
ROADSIDE HAWK
It is found from southern Mexico to northern Argentina.
Rupornis
magnirostris
Scientific name
35 cm
Length
295 g
Weight
SOME OF ITS CHARACTERISTICS
They are characterized by presenting a brownish gray color above, with a paler gray breast. The rest of the lower region is buffy white barred with greyish on the chest and paler further back. The undertail-coverts are white and the primaries largely reddish with barred and black tips. The iris is light yellow and the wax and legs are yellow. It can measure approximately 35 cm and weigh 295 gm. Its diet is based on insects, small mammals and small reptiles.
BLUE HEAD PARROT
South America, Central America and Mexico.
Amazona farinosa
Scientific name
38 - 40 cm
Length
1.54 lb
Weight
SOME OF ITS CHARACTERISTICS
It is one of the largest parrots in Guatemala and America, weighing up to 1.54 pounds. The color of its feathers is predominantly green, with a whitish tone on the back and nape, pretending to be spread like flour (reason that justifies its name), it has a blue crown and the wings have blue and red feathers. It inhabits humid and semi-humid forests, mangroves and tropical jungles. It feeds on a diversity of fruits, tree shoots and seeds.
WHITE-CROWNED PARROT
From eastern Mexico, through Central America, to northern Panama
Pionus senilis
Scientific name
24 cm
Length
220 g
Weight
SOME OF ITS CHARACTERISTICS
Medium-sized parrot, measures 24 cm with an approximate weight of 220 gm. They present the front part of the head and the throat in contrasting white with the rest of the dark blue plumage with a scaly appearance. It feeds on a variety of fruits and seeds. It lives mainly in humid forest.
